[CW] FCC's response to fraudulent CW license

[K0HB]

Dave,

> But should an operator on a government ship using government frequencies
not
> be able to communicate using SSB, he couldn't just go to CW and send "use
> channel X" as done many times before.

In 21 years of Naval service I never even once heard of that practice.  As
far back as 1958 when I first went to sea on "government ships", you'd have
been "corrected" for such behavior, since it would violate both ACP121 and
ACP124.

CW is in fact no longer used in many applications that it once was,
including MARS.

But it is NOT prohibited on every DoD circuit and there are in fact still
trained Morse operators in the Armed Forces.

Neither is it "illegal" as in "against the law" and thus subject to criminal
prosecution.  If someone told you that, they're simply "off their nut".

Even if all your jeremiad about the DoD were true, how does that affect my
enjoyment of Morse in the amateur radio service?

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy
A1-Op Club